AVN726E Online Manual

Setting from Facility Information

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Selecting from facility information

You can select your destination from the POIs included with Navigation or from the ones you have previously created.

  1. Touch the following switches: [Find], [Find POI] (Advanced mode).

  1. Select the area in which to search for the POI.

  • [Around Address]: The POI will be searched for around a given address.

  • [Around Cursor]: The map appears with the Cursor in the middle. Modify the location of the Cursor if necessary, then touch [OK]. The POI will be searched for around the given location.

  • [Around GPS Position]: The POI will be searched for around the current GPS position.

  • [Around Destination]: The POI will be searched for around the destination of the active route.

  • [Along Route]: The POI will be searched for not around a given point, but by the size of the detour it adds to the active route. This is useful when searching for stop offs which can be reached with a minimal detour. Examples of such stop offs include restaurants and gasoline stands.

  1. You can narrow the search with the following:

  • Select the POI group (e.g. Accommodation), and after that, if needed, select the POI subgroup (e.g. Hotel or Motel).

  • To find the POI by its name, touch [Search] , and use the keyboard to enter a part of the name.

  • To list all POIs in a given group, touch [List All in this Group].

  1. When the list of results appears, you can sort the list.

  • [Order by Name: Sort the list alphabetically (available when you search around a single location).

  • [Order by Distance]: Sort the list by the straight-line distance from your present position (available when you search around a single location).

  • [Order by Distance]: Sort the list by the distance to drive on the route from your present position (available when you search along the active route).

  • [Order by Detour]: Sort the list by the size of the needed detour (available when you search along the active route).

  1. Touch the desired POI in the list.

  1. Touch [Select].

  1. The map appears with the selected point in the middle. From the Cursor menu, touch [Set as Destination] (Advanced mode). The route is then automatically calculated, and you can start navigating.

Select from saved facility information search criteria

Your can save POI search criteria in the POI section of the Manage menu. However, Navigation also comes with a number or pre-saved criteria which can be used immediately to search for POIs.

  1. Touch the following switches: [Find], [Find POI] (Advanced mode).

  1. Touch [Saved Search Criteria].

  1. Select one of the saved criteria, and a list of matching POIs appears.

  1. Touch the desired POI in the list.

  1. The map appears with the selected point in the middle. From the Cursor menu, touch [Set as Destination] (Advanced mode). The route is then automatically calculated, and you can start navigating.

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